Juan Jesús Payán

Assistant Professor

Dr. Juan Jesús Payán is an Assistant Professor of Spanish in Lehman College, CUNY. He holds two doctoral degrees, the first in Hispanic Languages and Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the second in Hispanic Philology from the University of Cádiz, Spain. Dr. Payán works on 19th- and 20th-fantastic literature and aesthetic discourses that contend realistic representation in the arts and the literary canon. As a second line of research, he has worked on contemporary poetry and music. Along with articles in prestigious journals such as Hispanic Review, he has published three books:Entre las dos orillas: Lírica hispánica en RevistAtlántica de Poesía, 2004; Vida y obra del músico gaditano Antonio Escobar Perera, 2006; and El mundo dividido de Wáshington Delgado (1950-1970),2012. Before joining the Department of Languages and Literatures at Lehman College, he was a a Lecturer at UCLA and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Manchester University. He currently teaches post-18th century Spanish literature from both sides of the Atlantic and language courses.